2017 Chicago Sky season explained

Team:	Chicago Sky
Year:	2017
Attendance:	6,853
Wins:	12
Losses:	22
Conf:	Eastern
Conf Place:	4th
Coach:	Amber Stocks
Arena:	Allstate Arena
Points:	Allie Quigley (16.4) ppg
Rebounds:	Jessica Breland (6.3) rpg
Assists:	Courtney Vandersloot (8.1) apg
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Television:	WMEU-CD ESPN ESPN2 NBA TV

The 2017 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 12th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Sky started the season slowly, posting a 1–5 record in May. This slow start continued into June where the team only won 2 of 9 games. The team showed improvement in July and August, posting a combined record of 9–8 in those months. An 0–2 September saw the Sky finish with an overall record of 12–22. The Sky finished in 4th place in the Eastern Conference, ahead of the Atlanta Dream via tiebreaker. The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	School/Team/Country
1	2	Alaina Coates	South Carolina
1	9	Tori Jankoska	Michigan State
2	21	Chantel Osahor	Washington
3	33	Makayla Epps	Kentucky

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
February 2, 2017	Elena Delle Donne is traded to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Stefanie Dolson, Kahleah Copper and Washington’s first-round pick (second overall) in the 2017 WNBA draft.^[1] ^[2]
February 27, 2017	Astou Ndour-Fall was acquired from the San Antonio Stars, in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos.
April 14, 2017	Keisha Hampton was acquired from the Minnesota Lynx. in exchange for Chantel Osahor.^[3]

Preseason

|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 1 || May 2
6:00 PM || Connecticut || L 72-81 || Hampton/Young (11) || Breland (8) || Epps (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena
2782 || 0-1|- bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || May 3
4:00 PM || New York || W 86-75 || Pondexter (15) || Parker (6) || Breland (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena || 1-1|-

Regular season

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || May 14
6:00 PM || Minnesota || L 61–70 || Sylvia Fowles (26) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Augustus, Whalen (5) || Xcel Energy Center
9,234 || 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2 || May 19
7:30 PM || Atlanta || L 83–91 || Cappie Pondexter (22) || Jessica Breland (7) || Cappie Pondexter (7) || Allstate Arena
6,631 || 0–2|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 3 || May 21
2:00 PM || Atlanta || W 75–71 || Stefanie Dolson (23) || Jessica Breland (12) || Cappie Pondexter (11) || McCamish Pavilion
4,859 || 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4 || May 24
11:30 AM || Washington ||L 82-67 || Cappie Pondexter (17) || Stefanie Dolson (11) || Cappie Pondexter (10) || Allstate Arena
6,714 || 1-3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5 || May 26
6:00 PM || Washington || L 88-79 || Quigley (17) || Pondexter (6), Breland (6) || Pondexter (8) || Verizon Center
6,438 || 1-4 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 6 || May 28
5:00 PM || Connecticut || L 97-79 || Young (17) || Breland (11) || Pondexter (9) || Allstate Arena
4,498 || 1-5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7 || June 1
7:00 PM|| Phoenix || L 99-91 || Dolson (21) || Boyette (9) || Pondexter (8) || Allstate Arena
4,634 || 1-6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8 || June 6
9:30 PM || Los Angeles || L 79-70 || Vandersloot (13) || Boyette (9) || Vandersloot; Quigley (5) || Staples Center
8,523 || 1-7|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 9 || June 10
7:00 PM || San Antonio || W 85-81 (OT) || Dolson (25) || Dolson (9) || Pondexter (6) || AT&T Center
6,191 || 2-7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10 || June 16
9:00 PM || Phoenix || L 86-78 || Quigley (19) || Bpyette (10) || Quigley (6) || Talking Stick Resort Arena
10,249 || 2-8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11 || June 18
5:00 PM || Indiana || L 91-79 || Quigley (18) || Boyette (10) || Quigley (6) || Allstate Arena
4,551 || 2-9|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 12 || June 23
6:30 PM || Atlanta || W 82-78 || Quigley (22) || Dolson (8) || Pondexter (9) || McCamish Pavilion
4,237 || 3-9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13 || June 25
5:00 PM || Washington || L 97-63 || Quigley (18) || Young (5) || Vandersloot; Young (3) || Allstate Arena
5,344 || 3-10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14 || June 28
11:30 AM || Indiana || L 82-75 || Breland (22) || Boyette (10) || Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena
10,197 || 3-11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15 || June 30
7:00 PM || San Antonio || L 89-82 || Quigley (27) || Vandersloot; Boyette (4) || Vandersloot (9) || AT&T Center
4,942 || 3-12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16 || July 8
7:00 PM|| Minnesota || W 100-76 || Vandersloot (26) || Vandersloot (7) || Vandersloot (13) || Allstate Arena
6,942 || 4-12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17 || July 12
11:30 AM || Dallas || W 90-84 || Quigley (22) || Breland (12) || Vandersloot (12) || Allstate Arena
14,102 || 5-12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18 || July 14
6:30 PM || New York || W 78-68 || Dolson (23) || Young (7) || Vandersloot (9) || Madison Square Garden
9,341 || 6-12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19 || July 16
3:30 PM || Dallas || L 112-106 (2OT) || Dolson (26) || Dolson (10) || Vandersloot (10) || College Park Center
3,693 || 6-13|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20 || July 18
8:00 PM || Seattle || W 94-83 || Quigley (25) || Dolson (8) || Vandersloot (6) || KeyArena
8,358 || 7-13|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21 || July 20 || Los Angeles || W 82-80 || Dolson (15) || Young; Breland (7) || Vandersloot (14) || Staples Center
16,166 || 8-13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22 || July 25 || Connecticut || L 93-72 || Quigley (20) || Dolson (7) || Young; Vandersloot (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena
5,631 || 8-14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23 || July 28 || Phoenix || L 86-80 || Dolson (29) || Breland (12) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena
6,088 || 8-15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24 || July 30 || New York || L 82-86 || Quigley (22) || Breland (10) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena
5,834 || 8-16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25 || August 4 || Indiana || W 81-70 || Vandersloot (5) || Breland (8) || Vandersloot (10) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,052 || 9-16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26 || August 5 || Atlanta || W 91-86 || Vandersloot (26) || Vandersloot (7) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena
5,757 || 10-16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27 || August 10 || San Antonio || W 94-74 || Vandersloot (21) || Breland (7) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena
4,686 || 11-16|-style="background:#fcc;"| 28 || August 18 || Los Angeles || L 106-115 || Quigley (26) || Dolson (10) || Vandersloot (12) || Allstate Arena
6,826 || 11-17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29 || August 20 || Seattle || L 66-103 || Dolson (10) || Breland (9) || Vandersloot (6) || Allstate Arena
6,020 || 11-18|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 30 || August 25 || Connecticut || W 96-83 || Breland (15) || Dolson (9) || Vandersloot (12) || Mohegan Sun Arena
7,761 || 12-18 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 31 || August 27 || New York || L 62-92 || Dolson (22) || Bulgak (5) || Pondexter (6) || Madison Square Garden
9,317 || 12-19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32 || August 30 || Dallas || L 96-99 || Quigley (25) || Breland (8) || Vandersloot (12) || Allstate Arena
5,896 || 12-20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33 || September 1 || Minnesota || L 87-110 || Copper (21) || Dolson (10) || Vandersloot (9) || Xcel Energy Center
9,709 || 12-21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34 || September 3 || Seattle || L 80-85 || Copper (18) || Dolson (8) || Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena
7,199|| 12-22

Standings

Statistics

Regular season

style= width="16%"	Player	style= width="6%"	GP	style= width="6%"	GS	style= width="6%"	MPG	style= width="6%"	FG%	style= width="6%"	3P%	style= width="6%"	FT%	style= width="6%"	RPG	style= width="5%"	APG	style= width="6%"	SPG	style= width="6%"	BPG	style= width="6%"	PPG
Allie Quigley	31	31	32.3	50.5%	43.0%	89.3%	3.3	3.6	0.8	0.5	16.4
Courtney Vandersloot	27	22	30.3	51.6%	38.2%	86.1%	3.7	8.1	1.2	0.2	11.5
Stefanie Dolson	33	33	29.3	56.1%	43.7%	87.0%	5.8	2.6	0.5	1.3	14.5
Tamera Young	24	21	29.0	36.5%	34.4%	69.0%	3.8	2.5	1.4	0.4	10.2
Cappie Pondexter	29	15	27.2	36.7%	25.7%	79.5%	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.2	9.6
Jessica Breland	34	33	24.5	47.6%	38.1%	78.7%	6.3	1.6	0.6	1.7	9.5
Jordan Hooper	10	0	18.6	36.8%	37.0%	50.0%	2.2	0.6	0.5	0.1	6.0
Imani McGee-Stafford	22	4	15.5	44.4%	33.3%	70.6%	4.4	0.5	0.4	0.8	4.6
Kahleah Copper	34	10	14.3	46.5%	29.4%	83.0%	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	6.7
Cheyenne Parker	23	0	12.4	46.4%	0.0%	63.9%	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	3.8
Adut Bulgak	5	0	12.2	40.9%	33.3%	60.0%	4.0	0.0	1.0	0.4	4.4
Bashaara Graves	10	0	9.2	50.0%	—	57.1%	2.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	2.6
Keisha Hampton	19	1	7.8	41.4%	41.7%	100%	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.2	3.6
Amber Harris	27	0	5.9	39.6%	0.0%	62.5%	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.6
Makayla Epps	17	0	3.8	16.7%	0.0%	55.6%	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.6

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Stefanie Dolson	Player of the Week	July 16, 2017	^[4]
Courtney Vandersloot	Player of the Week	August 7, 2017	^[5]

References

Notes

Notes and References

Web site: Mystics Acquire Elena Delle Donne. Mystics Today. February 2, 2017. February 3, 2017. February 3, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203162057/https://mysticstoday.monumentalsportsnetwork.com/2017/02/02/mystics-acquire-elena-delle-donne. dead.
Web site: Transactions.
Web site: Sky trade Chantel Osahor for DePaul's Kiesha Hampton . April 14, 2017 . April 16, 2017 . Chicago Tribune. Phil . Thompson.
Web site: Chicago's Dolson, Seattle's Stewart Named WNBA Players of the Week. WNBA. wnba.com. July 17, 2017. August 18, 2017.
Web site: Chicago's Vandersloot, Dallas' Johnson Named WNBA Players Of The Week. WNBA. wnba.com. August 7, 2017. August 18, 2017.